[For Elementary School Kids] Craft Ideas Using Tissue Boxes

Sweet potato digging craft

Let's make a papercraft for sweet potato digging! An easy fall craft you can make just by sticking things together, using an empty tissue box and newspaper.

Here’s a craft idea that lets you enjoy sweet potato digging indoors.

Cut newspaper into A5-size pieces, roll them up tightly, and tie them with string to make three “potatoes.” Wrap them in purple origami paper to create realistic sweet potatoes.

Cut leaf shapes (heart-shaped) and attach them to the potatoes to make the leaf parts.

Cover an empty tissue box with brown origami paper to resemble soil, then place the potatoes inside—now you’re ready.

When you pull the leaf part, the sweet potato pops out from the “soil.” Using your hands helps stimulate the brain and can serve as rehabilitation, and the charm is that you can enjoy a seasonal tradition while playing.

It’s a craft that’s fun to make and fun to play with, letting you feel the spirit of autumn.

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lion dance

I tried making a traditional performing-arts lion dance! ~Easy empty-box craft~

Let’s make a shishimai (lion dance) figure—often used as a good-luck charm at festivals and in traditional performing arts—using an empty tissue box.

The materials and steps are simple, so even seniors who aren’t confident with crafts can enjoy it.

Cut the middle of the empty box, fold it, and create the lion’s mouth.

Drawing the eyes and decorating with construction paper for the teeth and ears will give your shishimai a more expressive look.

Adding red or green paper makes it feel more authentic.

For seniors, moving their fingers helps stimulate the brain and can serve as rehabilitation, and it’s also nice that they can display the finished piece and enjoy it.

Using it at festivals or celebrations is a great idea that can spark conversations with people around them.

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Watermelon tissue box

[How to Make] Watermelon Tissue Box — Modify a store-bought tissue box to create it!

It’s a bit complicated, but here’s a watermelon-themed tissue box that gives a real sense of accomplishment when you finish.

First, carefully open a box of tissues and remove the tissues inside.

Cut the box into two pieces from the middle of the side.

Take one of the pieces, fold it once in the center, make a small slit, then fold it to a 90-degree angle and secure it with tape.

Take the other piece, make small slits along the edge, and attach it to the box that you folded to 90 degrees.

Fold the box while adding curves so it forms a watermelon shape, then put the tissues you removed back inside.

Since the side is open, glue on some suitable cardstock to cover it.

Trim the corners, then attach red and green fabric to resemble a watermelon, and you’re done.

If you stick rickrack tape around the opening, it looks like a bite has been taken out of the watermelon, which is a fun touch.

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basket-style accessory case

[Crafting with Empty Tissue Boxes: Making Small Items] A basket-style accessory holder ♪ #handmade #DIY #handicraft #craft #emptytissuebox #seniors #howto

Let’s start by making the basket’s body.

First, cut around the tissue pull-out opening with scissors.

Keep the piece you cut out—it will be used as the basket handle.

Draw a line down the center of the remaining box and mark points at equal intervals from there.

It’s easier to fold if you crease it in advance, so make the creases first and then shape it into a basket.

Secure the overlapping creases with double-sided tape to finish the basket.

Attach the handle you saved, then decorate it with your favorite origami paper.

You’ll have your very own basket-style organizer.

It’s easy to make, so it’s also recommended as a recreation activity in senior care facilities.

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Munch-munch Hippo

[Handmade Toy] Easy Craft with Recycled Materials! Chomping Hippo

Let’s make something using scrap materials! Here’s an idea for a Chomping Hippo.

What you’ll need: an empty tissue box, origami or colored construction paper, scissors, glue, and colored pens.

This project is recommended because you can use empty boxes you already have at your preschool or at home! The steps are simple and easy to follow, so try making it together with your child.

The finished chomping hippo can open and close its mouth with one hand, but if your child has small hands or finds it hard to move, try using both hands to make it chomp.

pen holder

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Open the tissue box and flatten it.

Cut off the left and right sides, then cut down the middle to make it a single sheet.

Fold it in half with the printed surface facing inward, then fold it in half once more.

Open it once, fold down all four corners, and continue folding while shaping it into a box.

For the final overlapping part, securing it with a clip will make it more stable.

Our hands have tactile senses that perceive touch, temperature, and texture through sensory nerves.

Therefore, using our hands is said to stimulate the brain and help prevent cognitive decline.

The tissue box used this time has a moderate firmness and requires applying pressure with the fingertips when shaping it, so it may be even more effective.

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small accessory case

What do you think this originally was!? It’s actually a tissue box! [A small storage box made from an empty tissue box] It has a lid, so the contents stay hidden♪ #handmade #diy #handicraft #craft #seniors #howto

Why not turn unwanted items into a handy little organizer? All you need to prepare is one tissue box and two sheets each of two different kinds of origami paper.

First, peel off the film in the center.

Next, from the hole in the middle, draw lines toward the corners to mark cutting guides.

Use scissors to cut along those lines.

Apply double-sided tape to the back, and attach the pieces while shaping them.

Once you’ve formed a box that opens and closes, stick on the origami paper you prepared earlier and decorate to finish.

Imagining the shape as you work stimulates the brain, and since you’ll use your fingertips a lot, it may also help prevent cognitive decline.

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